Muse have revealed the artwork from their eagerly awaited Black Holes and Revelations album which hits the shops on July 3. Their new single Suppermassive Black Hole is available now for download and is also released on CD on June 19. The band headline the Carling Weekend festival at Reading and Leeds in August and […]

Manowar are to headline next year’s Gods Of Metal Festival, which will happen on June 9. Rhapsody will also be on the bill.

Avenged Sevenfold have posted up a version of the Pantera classic ‘Walk’. Check it out here.

The Blood Brothers are to put out an EP in the near future. As yet untitled, this will include previously unreleased tracks, recorded during sessions for the ‘Crimes‘ album. The band have also been working on a new record, with co-producers Guy Picciotto and John Goodmanson.

Twisted Sister are to release an album of Christmas songs, all done in the inimitable band style, through the Razor & Tie label. However, due to recording commitments on this project, the band have had to cancel two UK shows, namely those in London (June 27) and Nottingham (28).

Franz Ferdinand have revealed further details of their forthcoming single ‘Eleanor Put Your Boots On’.Рўhe Glaswegian four-piece have recorded a new version of the track at a studio in Benton Harbour, Michigan. It was orginally thought that their fourth and final single lifted from ‘You Could Have It So Much Better’, would be released around […]

London band The*Ga*Ga*s have split up. However, vocalist/guitarist Tommy, drummer J Thomopoulos and bassist Toshi Ogawa are planning to start a new band.

Norwegian black metalheads Gorgoroth are to release new album ‘Ad Majorem Sathanas Gloriam’ through Regain on June 19. It features Satyricon drummer Frost.

The Zutons, The Divine Comedy, Morning Runner and Fightstar have been added to the bill for this year’s T In The Park.Further acts added to the line up include The Spinto Band Bell X1, Zero 7, Gomez, The Rifles, Captain, Orson, The Guillemots and The Levellers.T In The Park takes place on the weekend of […]

Beck has completed the recording of his next album. The follow up to 2005s Guero has been produced by Nigel Godrich (Radiohead, Travis) and is expected to hit the shops in the autumn. No title or track list has been confirmed but Playlouder reports that working titles include ‘Nausea’, ‘One Thousand Beats Per Minute’, ‘Elevator […]